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NASCAR Cup Martinsville II
Joey Logano tops first Cup practice; Elliott changes engines
Joey Logano topped an eventful first NASCAR Cup Series practice at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.
Jim Utter
Edited: Oct 26, 2019, 2:15 PM
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Logano bolted to the top of the leaderboard late in the session with an average lap speed of 96.657 mph. Martin Truex Jr. was second (96.176 mph) and last weekend’s race winner, Denny Hamlin, ended up third (95.966 mph).
Clint Bowyer was fourth and Kyle Busch completed the top-five.
Rounding out the top-10 speeds were Chris Buescher, Ryan Blaney, Aric Almirola, Daniel Suarez and Jimmie Johnson.
Prior to the start of the first practice, Matt Tifft, driver of the No. 36 Ford, was transported to a local hospital for evaluation.
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Less than five minutes into the session, flames and smoke began pouring out of the back of Chase Elliott’s No. 9 Chevrolet. He immediately brought the car to a stop on the track and got out.
Elliott’s car was diagnosed with an engine failure and his team will have to change engines which means he will start Sunday’s race from the rear of the field regardless of where he qualifies on Saturday afternoon.
Truex had to sit out the final 15 minutes of first practice for failing pre-race inspection twice last weekend at Kansas.
Kevin Harvick had to sit out the final 30 minutes of practice for failing inspection three times last weekend.
Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 22 
Joey Logano Ford 34 19.591 96.657 2 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 27 19.689 00.098 00.098 96.176 3 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 38 19.732 00.141 00.043 95.966 4 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 45 19.755 00.164 00.023 95.854 5 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 41 19.785 00.194 00.030 95.709 6 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 35 19.811 00.220 00.026 95.583 7 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 36 19.853 00.262 00.042 95.381 8 10 Aric Almirola Ford 35 19.854 00.263 00.001 95.376 9 41 
Daniel Suarez Ford 42 19.881 00.290 00.027 95.247 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 24 19.884 00.293 00.003 95.232 11 20 Erik Jones Toyota 38 19.900 00.309 00.016 95.156 12 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 25 19.901 00.310 00.001 95.151 13 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 27 19.908 00.317 00.007 95.118 14 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 5 19.913 00.322 00.005 95.094 15 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 40 19.914 00.323 00.001 95.089 16 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 50 19.929 00.338 00.015 95.017 17 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 31 19.947 00.356 00.018 94.932 18 95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 58 19.956 00.365 00.009 94.889 19 38 David Ragan Ford 42 19.957 00.366 00.001 94.884 20 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 51 19.957 00.366 00.000 94.884 21 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 25 19.961 00.370 00.004 94.865 22 21 Paul Menard Ford 33 19.973 00.382 00.012 94.808 23 24 William Byron Chevrolet 49 19.974 00.383 00.001 94.803 24 6 Ryan Newman Ford 35 19.993 00.402 00.019 94.713 25 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 20 20.004 00.413 00.011 94.661 26 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 35 20.013 00.422 00.009 94.618 27 34 Michael McDowell Ford 39 20.028 00.437 00.015 94.548 28 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 38 20.040 00.449 00.012 94.491 29 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 28 20.042 00.451 00.002 94.482 30 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 39 20.075 00.484 00.033 94.326 31 36 Matt Crafton Ford 31 20.247 00.656 00.172 93.525 32 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 29 20.384 00.793 00.137 92.896 33 27 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 28 20.651 01.060 00.267 91.695 34 77 Timmy Hill Chevrolet 19 20.702 01.111 00.051 91.469 35 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 33 20.716 01.125 00.014 91.408 36 51 B.J. McLeod Chevrolet 11 20.936 01.345 00.220 90.447 37 52 Garrett Smithley Chevrolet 18 21.027 01.436 00.091 90.056 38 53 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 15 21.042 01.451 00.015 89.991
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